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The Week In Review
Tue 10th May to Mon 16th May
The Week in Review aggregates the top news stories from the past seven days and orders them by popularity. Would you like to see the whole week's news?
IOPC takes down mental health Twitter post after it backfires
10/05/22 - To coincide with mental health week the IOPC last night put out a tweet encouraging people to complain about the police. • The tweet said the “police are trained to identify possible mental health crises & should respond to you with care” encouraging people to file complaints if they find this is not the case. It was acco
Officers aren't the "thought police", says HMI Chief
16/05/22 - Officers need to focus on physical offences and keeping the public safe rather than dealing with reports of misogyny and transphobia, the new HM Chief Inspector has said. • Andy Cooke, who took over last month, said chief constables should avoid “politics with a small ‘p’” and remember the clear distinction between w
PCSO jailed for witness intimidation
16/05/22 - A Met PCSO was sentenced today at Westminster Magistrates' Court. • PCSO Mohammed Zaman, attached to the West Area Command Unit has today been sentenced to 20 weeks’ imprisonment. He had been convicted on 4 March, following a trial. On March 24 last year, PCSO Zaman was off-duty when he met a woman who was at that time a victi
- 16/05/22 - Stop and search revised back to 2014 with wider limits
- 13/05/22 - CoP backs learning demand from Fed with warning to chiefs
- 11/05/22 - Officers who took photos of murdered sisters 'attacked in prison'
- 16/05/22 - Court delays are critical for victims, PCCs warn
- 13/05/22 - NPCC lead on data calls for more specialists
- 11/05/22 - Officers need protected time for training, Fed warns Chiefs
- 12/05/22 - City of London praises move to cloud management system
- 13/05/22 - New Deputy Chief for West Mercia
- 10/05/22 - Home Office explains meaning of "serious disruption" under POA
- 11/05/22 - Ex-PSNI deputy appointed DCC of Civil Nuclear Constabulary
- 14/05/22 - Traffic teams urged to help complete legendary Liver Run Rover
- 13/05/22 - Police Scotland pays near-£1m as tribunal upholds victimisation claim
- 11/05/22 - Two forces urged to improve child protection training by HMI
- 17/05/22 - Fed leaders to lobby Patel over pay
- 10/05/22 - Investigatory Powers Tribunal to look at corruption inquiry complaints
- 11/05/22 - Met detectives uncover drug courier car modifying ring
Features
County Lines: Could use of burner phones end within 12 months?
New research suggests that the use of burner phones by County Lines members could end very suddenly as cheaper and encrypted smart phones come onto the market. • The research warns that if County Line gang members start using cheap smartphones with end-to-end encryption many of the investigat
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Facial Recognition Technology: a force for good
Real life cases of LFR finding missing children and identifying sex offenders are being lost in a narrative centred on privacy and data protection says former surveillance camera commissioner Tony Porter. • In recent months, there have been a number of reports of UK police forces leveraging Fac
- Comment: The Lord, the Policing College and the front line
- Comment: where next for policing and technology?
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